Monday, January 18, 2010

So I've been a bit bored as of late. Our guild has some issues with getting through ICC, and I must say, I'm not surprised. We never actually got past Yogg in 10 man Uld and didn't get any further than downing Cat-Lady once in 25. We're hung up on Festerface and Rottcrotch in 10s and we've successfully downed Marrowgar's trash in 25s.

I don't have the time to be a serious raider, and I just haven't been having much fun. I had done some leveling on my shaman in LFG and it's been fun, but there's just so many times I can do SM:Graveyard before punch my monitor in its stupid face.

Then I read this post at Righteous Defense. I was looking for a low level tanking class to play through dungeons, and thanks to his post I made a paladin.
I'm packing the Venerable Mass of McGowen, Valor Shoulders and Chest, and two copies of the spellpower trinket. I started him on Friday and as soon as I hit 15 I started doing dungeons. He's already 23 and I would be higher if I wasn't waiting for a guildie to run with (he's got a shaman and is going resto).

It is ridiculous fun.

Here are a few notes on low level paladin tanking.

Before you get righteous fury, tanking sucks hard. At least all you'll have to tank is RFC, which is easy anyways.

Hand of Reckoning is amazing. Catch the mob before he sees you? 100+ holy damage. Is a mob running away from you? 100+ holy damage coup de grace.

I tend to use Blessing of Wisdom more than the other blessings, because I overgear the content and it's easier for keeping mana up.

Consecrate is easy mode tanking. I've got an 80 warrior and I thought I held my own. I seriously don't even have to try with consecrate. That being said, before you get it at 20, tanking is a little more challenging.

Getting Seal of Command does wonders for AoE threat. With the glyph, it does amazing things for mana as well.

I fully intended to live in LFG, so I took Enchanting for one profession. I also took mining for the stamina, and have been purchasing ore and reselling smelt bars to level it up.

Wailing Caverns doesn't that hard if you don't care about the escort. Blizzard should really think about speeding up that disciple.

As a blood elf, remember to use your Arcane Torrent for interrupts. I've got it and Hammer of Justice bound to my scroll up and down. I tend to always put interrupts/stuns on the scroll wheel, as it's the button I'm fastest with and it doesn't screw up my rotation.

Judge early, judge often, especially after getting Seal of Command. It's the way you get mana back.

If you're getting bored, I suggest you start a new character and get in some random dungeons! Anyone else start fresh to play through all the instances?